Sad-iron.



UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

FRANK C. EMRICK AND PHILIP G. SAFFORD, 0F ST. lLOUIS, MISSOURI; SAID EMRICK j .ASSIGNOR T0 SAID SAFFORD.

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Specication of Letters IPatent.

- Patented May 7, 1912.

Application led February 13, 1911. Serial No. 608,413.,

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be. it known that we, FRANK C.y EMRICK and PHILIP G. SAFFORD, both citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Miscan be manufactured at a low cost and assembled easily.

Another object is to provide a gas-heated iron in which the body'portion of the iron can be turned relatively to the handle ywithout liability of burning the user.

Other objects and desirable features of our invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

tional view of a sad iron constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form o f our invention, A designates the body Iportion of the iron which preferably consists of a hollow box-shaped casting providedl on two ofV 1ts `oppositely disposed sides with smooth, lat 1ron1ng surfaces l and on its other two oppositely-disposed sides with raised ribs 2, the sides on which the ribs are formed and also the two endwalls of the casting having openings 3 formed therein to permit the products of combustion to escape from the chamber in which the burner of the iron is arranged.

The body portion A. of the iron is revolubly mounted on a'handle Io that both of the ironing faces 1 of said body portion can be u-sed, and in the preferred form of our Figure 1I of the drawings is a vertical sec-l invention as herein shown, the handle. is composed ,of two. substantially inverted L-shaped .members 4 and 5 arranged withthelr horlzont-al portions in telescopic ene gagement with each other, and a tubular# shaped handle-piece 6 formed of wood or some other suitable non-heat-conducting materlal that surrounds the horizontal portions of the members 4 and 5, the vertical portions lof said membersl and 5 being connected to the body A of the, iron in such a manner that the body can be t-urned'relati-vely to the handle. The members 4 and 5 are preferably formed of malleable iron, and the horizontal portions 4EL and 5, respectively, of -sald members are substantially tubularshaped in crosssection and are so designed that one will telescope inside of the other.

We prefer to provide the horizontal lportion 4a of the member 4 with a reduced extension 4" that fits snugly inside of the portion 5a of the member 5 so that the horizontal portions 48L and 5a of the members 4 and 5, re-

spectively,can be made of the same external diameter. Slots 7 are formed in both of the horizontal portions 4a and 5, and the extension 4b on the member 4-is Amade a trifle larger than the inner diameter of the portion 5L so that Whenthe extension 4b is forced into thel horizontal portion 5a said extension will contract andthe portion 5a will'expand. By constructing the members 4 and 5 of the handle in this manner and forming them out of malleable iron we are able to produce a strong and serviceable handle at a very low cost as no machine work is required to shape up the members'- of the handle or fit them together.

The vertical leg of the member 4 is provided at its lower end with an integral trunnion 8 that projects into an opening or socket 9 in one of the end walls of the body part A of the iron, and the vertical leg of the member 5. is also provided with an 1nte gral trunnion 10 that projects into a socket or recess in the opposite end wall of the body part of the iron. This trunnion l0 is hollow, however, as shown in Fig. l, so that the burner B of the iron can project through same into the interior of the body part A. The vertical leg of the member 5 is also provided with an integral sleeve 11 that practically forms 'a continuation of the hollow trunnion 10 and projects outwardly from the body part of the iron, as shown in .Fig 1, said sleeve being used as a supportdetachably connected to the sleeve 11 by any suitable means, such, for example, as a set screw 17, so that said device and the burner B, carriedthereby "can be removed easily from the body part of the iron and also arranged in position easily.

The flexible tube which supplies gas to the vburner B has not been shown but it will, ofcourse, be understood that such a tube is attached to the gas-supply pipe 14 in any suitable, manner. The sockets or openings in the body portion of the iron which receive the'trunnions on the vertical legs of the handle are so proportioned that the body part of the iron and the handle can turn or move relatively to one another, and means are provided for positively locking said parts together when the iron is in use. The means which we have herein shown `for accomplishing this consists of a rod 18 passing through the horizontal ortions of the members 4 and 5 and provided at one end with an arm 19 that carries a pin 20 which passes through an opening in the vertical leg of the member 5 and projects into one of a plurality of recesses 2Ol1 in the adjacent end walllof the body A of the iron, saidarm 19 being preferably provided at its lower end with a ring-shaped guide 21 that fits loosely over the sleeve 11. A button 22 -or finger-piece preferably formed of non-heatconducting material, is

connected to' the opposite end of the rod 18,

and a coiled expansion spring 23 is arranged on said rod between the button 22 and the handle member 4 so as to hold the locking pin in operative engagement with the body p'art A of the iron. The body part of the iron is provided with four recesses 20a which are so located that the handle is securely locked in position when it is arranged opposite either side or face of the body part of the iron. If it is desired to reverse the iron so as to bring the other ironing surface into 'operative position, the rod 18 is pushed inwardly so as to disengage the locking pin 20 from the body part A, and the handle is then turned mto the position shown in broken lines 1n Fig. 2, the

locking pin 20 springing into the recess provided for same and thus securely locking the handle and body part of the iron together. The handle is now Ilifted upwardly so as to t-urn the iron 'over on its side orinto such a position that the ribs 2 rest upon the ironing-board or supporting sur face'on which the iron rests. The rod 18 is again pushed inwardly yto release-the handle and the handle is again moved through an arc of 90 so as to arrange the hand-grip or handle part in alinement with the ironing face 1 which has previously been in use.

An ironl of the construction above described can be manufactured at a low cost because it comprises only a fewsimple parts which can be assembled easily. The handle of the iron comprises only three parts, namely, a wooden handle-piece and two cast metal members which are secured together by forcing one into the other, and the lock ing device which connects the handle and body part of the iron together is also of simple construction and comprises only a few parts that can be assembled easily. The ease with which the iron can be ad justed so as to bring a fresh ironing surface into service without liability of burning the user is lanother very desirable feature of our iron, and theway in which the burner is constructed and retained in position, and the fact that it is non-adjustable, are'also desirable features.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. A sad iron comprising a body portion and a handle flor said body portion consisting of two inverted L-shaped members whose horizontal portions are tubularshaped and provided with longitudinally extending slots, a reduced extension on the horizontal portion of one of said members which is adapted to be driven into the horizontal portion'of the other member, and a handle-piece of4 nonheat-conducting material surrounding the tubular-shaped portions of said handle members.

2. A sad iron provided with a handle which consists of two inverted L-shaped members formed of malleable iron and having horizontally disposed tubular-shaped portions which are slotted longitudinally, one of said ortion's having a reduced extension that 1s adapted to be driven into the other tubular-shaped portion.

`3. A sad iron comprising a hollow body portion, a` handle for said body portion comprising two tubular-shaped members of the same external diameter, one of which is expansible, a reduced extension on the other member which is adapted to be driven into the expansible member, legs on said members that are pivot-ally connected to'the body part of the iron, a locking device that the body part of the iron, a spring-o erated 1910.

rod arranged in the tubular-shop memf FRANK C. EMRICK. bers of the handle, and means for connect- PHILIP G.. SAFFORD. 5 .ing said rod to said locking device. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof, we hereunto aix i WELLS L. Cannon,

our signatures, in the 'presence of two wit- Gnonon BAKEWELL.

passes throngh one of said legs and engages messes, this twenty-ninth day of December, A 

